Senate roll call 116 · 39th Congress · May 2, 1866
To pass a resolution, granting use of Senate chamber to MRS. M. C. Walling for the purpose of delivering an address, and that thereafter the Senate chamber shal
On May 2, 1866, the Senate voted 16–18. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–13, Democrats 0–3, Others 0–2. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 39th Congress (1865–1866), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- May 2, 1866
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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